Lucie Graham-Smith

BA (Hons) Illustration

Illustration can positively shape our minds, altering fixed ideas by questioning our sense of reality. I create imagery by playing with materials and context, letting an element of chance coax the visual language into life. I use multiple processes such as drawing, painting, collage, animation, and sculpture to explore a theme, often simultaneously. Different techniques offer new threads of thought. I don’t feel my practice culminates in a specific final outcome, but rather suggests a way of seeing, of being. I recognise ambiguity as a distinct force in the work, harnessing it can instigate conversations around the lack of clarity it offers. Play is its partner. By encouraging the viewer to interact with the work, cajoling them to act out unknown scenarios can tickle their imagination. Colour and texture are vital in drawing people to the imagery, joyful combinations can lift the soul.

Nothing ends, much in life is uncertain, but it is crucial to maintain the conversation.


Gall darlunio siapio ein meddyliau mewn ffordd gadarnhaol, gan newid syniadau sefydlog trwy gwestiynu ein hymdeimlad o realiti. Rwy’n creu delweddaeth trwy chwarae gyda deunyddiau a chyd-destun, gan adael i elfen o gyfle meithrin yr iaith weledol yn fyw. Rwy’n defnyddio prosesau lluosog megis darlunio, paentio, gludwaith, animeiddio a cherflunio i ymchwilio i thema, yn aml ar yr un pryd. Mae technegau gwahanol yn cynnig edafedd meddwl newydd. Nid wyf yn gweld bod fy arfer yn dringo i ganlyniad terfynol penodol, yn hytrach mae’n awgrymu ffordd o weld, o fod. Rwy’n cydnabod amwysedd fel grym penodol yn y gwaith, gall harneisio hynny gychwyn trafodaethau ynglŷn â’r diffyg eglurder y mae’n ei gynnig. Chwarae yw ei bartner. Trwy annog y gwyliwr i ryngweithio â’r gwaith, gall darbwyllo nhw i actio sefyllfaoedd anhysbys allan roi hwb bach i’w dychymyg. Mae lliw a gweadedd yn hanfodol wrth ddenu pobl i’r ddelweddaeth, gall cyfuniadau hwyliog godi’r ysbryd.

Does dim byd yn dod i ben, mae llawer mewn bywyd yn ansicr, ond mae’n hollbwysig cynnal y sgwrs.

Other Exhibitors:

Megan Vest

Megan Vest

Image and text holds a significant value to my practice as an illustrator. Interpreting pre-existing narrative through my own visual language revives an appreciation for this relationship, as well as reanimating these texts. It is vital that we continue to acknowledge...

Daisy Osborne-Walsh

Daisy Osborne-Walsh

As an artist, I aim to be a positive agent for change and increase awareness on topics I find most important. My work is fuelled by my passion to shed light on social injustices, specifically effecting women. The topic basis of my work is often regarding sexual...

Chris Evans aka Queerbis

Chris Evans aka Queerbis

Queerbis is an Activist Illustrator who wants to change the world, while having some fun doing it. Their new design movement titled ‘Bis Design’ recognises society’s biased construction, and as a result gives the ‘power of bias’ back to anyone who is disadvantaged or...

Kodchamon Jermlae

Kodchamon Jermlae

As an artist, I tend to observe the environment I have been through, a consequence of feelings and opinions. The reality is that nothing and no one is perfect. One of the most common reasons for the creative block is the fear of imperfection. This has always been a...

Rosina Rooke

Rosina Rooke

A Cardiff based artist, originally from the Valleys, who focuses on the embrace of life of animate and inanimate objects and bringing a message to their meanings. Exhibited is Rosina Rooke’s latest project work, the decay of food over time. I specialise in a variety...

Rhiannon Griffiths

Rhiannon Griffiths

The Room of Empowerment is an immersive experience that is a thought-provoking assortment of painted fabrics, patterned wood and other multi-mediums, that removes the need of wordly constraits and thrusts you into the land of the fairytale. This mesmeric storybook...